AI startups from Canada, Germany join forces in challenge to Silicon Valley
- Apr 26
- 1 min read
WALL STREET JOURNAL — Canadian artificial-intelligence startup Cohere is joining forces with Germany’s Aleph Alpha, a combination that the smaller enterprise-AI developers hope will allow them to ramp up alternatives to Silicon Valley offerings.
The combined company, which will keep the name Cohere, aims to tap growing demand in so-called middle powers for technologies that aren’t dependent on U.S. tech giants, nor on offerings from China.
The deal, the structure and value of which wasn’t disclosed, comes amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Europe over topics ranging from trade policy and tech regulation to the war in Iran.
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